Entries from January 2009

ELBERTON – James “Jake” Thomas Conwell, 82, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at the Elbert County Memorial Hospital. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Alvin and Ruby Mae Lord Conwell. He was a member and deacon of Doves Creek Baptist Church, a United States Army veteran serving in World War II, and owner and operator ...
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LAWRENCEVILLE – Tommy Love, 60, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009. He was the son of Barney and Gladys Love. He was a member of the Tabernacle Church in Lawrenceville, was a Vietnam Veteran, and worked for Wal-Mart as a cart attendant and people greeter for seven years at the Sugarloaf and Snellville stores. He loved fishing and collecting cars, ...
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DANIELSVILLE – Woodrow Wilson “W.W.” Culbertson, 90, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009. A native and lifelong resident of Madison County, he was the son of the late Tom and Lettie Jane Fitzpatrick Culbertson. He was the last survivor of eleven siblings. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Elaine Culbertson, Danielsville; ...
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TALMO – George Toney Thomas Sr., 82, formerly of Walnut Grove and Barrow County, died Monday, January 26, 2009. A native of Oconee County, he was the son of the late Llyod and Gladys Prickett Thomas. He was a retired truck driver with DeKalb County and was a member of Gum Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, ...
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COMMERCE – Guy S. Perry, 89, died Thursday, January 29, 2009, at BJC Nursing Home. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Luke Henry and Mellie Elizabeth McElreath Perry. He was a member of Berea Baptist Church, where he served as trustee. He was retired from Roper Pump Company and was a United States Veteran of World War II. Mr. ...
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BUFORD – Myron E. Gilliland, 86, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Born on March 3, 1922, he was the son of the late Lake and Minnie Gilliland of Jackson County. He married Latrelle Thurmond on February 10, 1945, and moved to the Buford area, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Buford, ...
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DANIELSVILLE – W.G. “Red” Casper, 73, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Born in Barrow County, he was the son of the late James Truman and Cora Maudeen Jackson Casper. He was the manager of the Magnolia Station in Athens for a number of years. Survivors include daughters, Paula Caudell, Danielsville, and Wendy Daniel, Colbert; sons, Mark ...
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Madison County commissioners officially gave new county chairman Anthony Dove personnel powers Monday that they had stripped from former chairman Wesley Nash. The board also voted to designate two positions — the county clerk and deputy clerk posts — as “at will” jobs under the authority of the chairman, meaning that Dove can hire and ...
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A Hull man was arrested last week on drug charges after the sheriff’s office received an anonymous call stating that drugs were being sold out of a house located at 73 Aiken Road. Joe Alvin Brown Jr., 32, 73 Aiken Road, was arrested on one count each of possession, manufacture, distribution, etc., Violation of Georgia’s Controlled ...
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Michael and Cynthia Gibson say they moved to Hoschton’s Deer Creek Farms subdivision a decade ago for the peace and quiet. But with a police firing range in Braselton located about a mile from their home, they say the noise coming from pistols and rifles is making life unpleasant in the neighborhood. “When it’s loud, it’s so loud that ...
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